Glove



May 22, 1923. 55319 H. SCHRODER-STRANZ GLOVE 2 Sheets- Sheet l Filed Aug. 24

May 22, 1923. H

H. SCHRODER'STRANZ GLOVE 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Aug. 24

1920, Pat. No. 89.808 Sweden,

Patented May 22, 1923.

GLOVE.

Application filed August 24, 1921.

(GRANTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF fl '0 all w it 0 272 it may concern Be it known that I, Hans Sonnonnn- STRANZ, a citizen of Germany, residing at Rittergut Stranz, \Vestern Prussia, Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gloves (for which 1 have filed applications in Germany, Jan. 27, 1915, Pat. No. 288,156; Austria, Apr. 10, 1920; Hungary, May 15, 1920; Italy, Apr. 28, 1920 Belgium, Apr. 19, 1920, Pat. No. 286,- 288: France, May 1, 1920, Pat. No. 514,912; Holland, Oct. 12, 1920; England, Apr. 241, 1920, Pat. No. 153.8 18; Switzerland,

Apr. 11,1920; Norway, Apr. 20, 1920, Pat. No. 32,301; Denmark, Apr. 17, 1920, Pat. No. 28,820), of which the following is a specification.

My invention refers to gloves and its particular object is a novel form of glo-v'e, superior to the gloves hitherto made, and the particular way of making them.

As is well known to those skilled in the art, gloves are as a rule so made that they tightly fit the outstretched hand. When the hand is bent for gripping, the fingers of the glove are stretched at the back of the hand and slightly shortened at the inside of the hand. The gloves then squeeze and as the covering at the upper side of the fingers fits tightly the layer of heat-containing air between the fingers and glove is reduced.

This is the reason why gloves for driving or riding do not keep the hands sufiiciently warm until the material of the gloves has moulded itself to the position of the bent fingers which only takes place when the loves have been worn for some time.

The object of this invention is a glove which in consequence of its cutting or its method of manufacture avoids this disadvantage, inasmuch as it is from the beginning cut or made to fit the bent hand.

In the drawings affixed to this specification and forming part thereof two modifications of a glove embodying my invention are illustrated by way of example. In the drawings ig. 1 discloses a glove sewn together from pieces of leather cut accord- Serial No. 494,965.

THE ACT OF MARCH 3, 1921, 41 STAT. L, 1313.)

ing to my invention, Fig. 2 showing a knitted glove.

Referring to Fig. 1 of the drawings, the upper side 1 of the fingers is cut a little longer than hitherto usual, the lower side 3 is cut a little shorter and the pieces 2 inserted between them are not cut straight but slightly curved. Preferably the cut is so chosen that the natural form of the glove corresponds approximately to the form of the middle finger of the glove as shown in the drawing and which fits the half-closed hand. \Vhen the hand covered with this glove is stretched, the under side becomes tightened a. little, while the upper one is loosened a little, and when the hand is completely closed, the upper side is slightly stretched and the inner side slightly relaxed. The total tension when the hand is completely closed is thus only half as great as in the case of a glove cut in the usual manner so as to fit the hand with outstretched fingers. The insulating layer of air is thus less reduced in thickness and the gloves keep the hands warmer, even when they are quite new.

In the knitted glove illustrated in Fig. 2 the upper part of the fingers is lengthened by inserting between the circular course of loops 1 extra courses of loops 5 which extend half way around the fingers whereby the desired curvature of the fingers is obtained in a similar manner. The part of the glove which extends over the hand can also be arched or curved according to the natural shape of the hand by making the part at the back of the hand broader than the inner part.

I wish it to be understood that I do not desire to be limited to the exact details of construction or configuration shown and described, for obvious modifications will occur to a person skilled in the art.

I claim:

1. A glove the natural position of the fingers of which as a result of the manufacture approaches the position of the fingers of the closed hand.

2. A glove having fingers preformed to tending only across the bac conform substantially to the shape of the finger.

fingers of the hand when in partially closed In testimony whereof I alfix my signature.

k portion of the position. I T 5 3. A knitted glove comprising circular HADS SCHRODERSTRANZ' courses of loops extending all around a. fin- Witnesses: ger and semicircular courses of loops in- KARL RADBALLE,

serted between such circular courses and ex- ALBERT MOHR. 

